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Play “The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord”

Free same-meter accompaniment for The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.

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  1. 1The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord,
  2. In every star Thy wisdom shines;
  3. But, when our eyes behold Thy word,
  4. We read Thy name in fairer lines.
  5. 2The rolling sun, the changing light,
  6. And night and day Thy power confess;
  7. But the blest volume Thou hast writ
  8. Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace.
  9. 3Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise
  10. Round the whole earth, and never stand;
  11. So when Thy truth began its race,
  12. It touched and glanced on every land.
  13. 4Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest
  14. Till through the world Thy truth has run;
  15. Till Christ has all the nations blest,
  16. That see the light or feel the sun.
  17. 5Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,
  18. Bless the dark world with heavenly light;
  19. Thy gospel makes the simple wise;
  20. Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right.

About this music

OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord page.

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